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The Fates rarely overplay their hands, rarely bluff. Skeptics have good reason to grow feverish over Elmer Dessens.
Yet if you're a Dodger fan, there is so much pessimism over today's emergency start by the Arizona castoff, Dessens, that perhaps you're wondering if this time, the Fates have set up an unlikely hero - someone whose only lifetime start for the Dodgers just might win them a division title.
Maybe not. In any event, too much focus is in the wrong place. It's the Dodger offense, which has averaged about a run over the first eight innings of the past four games, which has practically been in a state of emergency.
Though it'd be nice, Dessens and his followers shouldn't have to pitch a shutout. The Dodger offense needs to score.
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